misproud

misproud adjective: unduly or unwarrantably proud or vain; wrongly proud; arrogant; haughty.

Adjective

misproud (comparative more misproud, superlative most misproud)

(archaic) Unduly or unwarrantably proud or vain; wrongly proud; arrogant; haughty.
- It is grete scorne to se a mysproude knave / With a clerke that connynge is to prate: / Lete theym go lowse theym, in the devylles date.1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte
- [...] dismount two hundred of our best dragooners, and, under Fight-the-good-fight Egerton, let them file down that gully to our left, and fire constantly on the advance of these misproud malignants.1838, Knickerbocker, or, New-York monthly magazine, volume 11, page 124

See, in the distance advancing, Richmond's misproud array, Fighting for Henry the traitor.1904, The Lutheran observer - Volume 72 - Page 441
Yet was the song acclaimed of these aloud Whose praise had made mute bumbleness misproud, [...]2002, Algernon Charles Swinburne, L. M. Findlay, Selected Poems:
"[...] He hath, I know not how, wrung forth a noble haunch of venison and store of Bourdeaux wine from some misproud malignant here at Naseby!"2004, Henry William Herbert, Cromwell An Historical Novel:

comparative	more misproud
superlative	most misproud

From Middle English misproud, equivalent to mis- + proud.

What does misproud mean?: Misproud means unduly or unwarrantably proud or vain; wrongly proud; arrogant; haughty.
How do you use misproud in a sentence?: See, in the distance advancing, Richmond's misproud array, Fighting for Henry the traitor.
What part of speech is misproud?: Misproud is an adjective.

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